The Deal Lyrics - Ray Davies

I'm saying the people in this town have to be locked up 

All of 'em 

We have to leave and these people have to be locked up 

D'ya know what I mean? 

I'm going to LA 

Check into a quiet, groovy hotel 

Get myself a tan 

By the sleepy pool 

Meet a pretty girl 

Walk her down the strip 

And chill out in the bar 

Then I will rent a car 

An open-top Mustang 

To cruise around the beach 

And I'll check out all the babes 

While the sun goes down 

By then I will be ready 

To party and that's cool 

When I'm emotionally refreshed 

Relaxed and confident 

I'll hit Rodeo Drive 

And drink a cappuccino 

And depending how I feel 

I'll grab a piece of action 

At the Beverly Hills 

And get myself a deal 

Isn't wonderful, marvelous 

Utterly surreal 

Totally fabulous, fraudulent 

Bogus and unreal 

This is my lucky day 

I'll travel to LA 

And get myself a deal 

Today I'm a bullshit millionaire 

As good as anyone 

Better than I was 

In dreary Anglaterre 

Real but disillusioned 

Traveling on the tube 

Riding on the bus 

Now I'm full of self-belief 

Pretend to be somebody 

While the credit's good 

I will rent a mansion 

Somewhere in Bel Air 

Confidence abounding 

Looking really awesome 

Truly debonair 

It'll be wonderful, marvelous 

Feeling really fake 

Feeling so fabulous, fraudulent 

A counterfeit on the make 

Today I'm gonna get my break 

Go to LA 

Strike myself a deal 

And be part of the American Dream 

It'll be wonderful, marvelous (wonderful, marvelous) 

Hey Ray, what's the haps? 

Yeah, what's the deal, Ray? 

What's the deal? 

It's been a while 

I haven't seen you for at least a year or more 

Or is it unless I can't be sure 

But anyway 

You must've heard about the troubles that I had 

Still I got through, I always manage to 

And I [inaudible] 

(Ooh, marvelous) 

How is your life? 

How is it goin'? 

People in this town have to be locked up 

Hey Ray, what's the deal? 

Yeah, what's the deal, Ray? 

The deal is (marvelous)